In the Name of the Father and Son (1999)
Gênero : Drama
Runtime : 1H 55M
Director : Božidar 'Bota' Nikolić
Sinopse
The story about typical Montenegrin family Miletic in post-war Yugoslavia, which shows personal tragedy of a father, whose only son comes back from the war as a different man.
Era uma vez uma comunidade de exuberantes ciganos. Dois avós que julgavam estarem mortos, dois jovens apaixonados, uma senhora que queria vender a filha, um rapaz gorducho, um comboio roubado e desaparecido, um burro, um porco, dois gatos e uma fanfarra suspensa na árvore.
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